South African scientists were testing a promising HIV vaccine. Then came Trump’s aid cuts
South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded ...
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Is South Africa prepared to manufacture its own vaccines for future pandemics?
When Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, South Africa was caught short as it did not have the vaccine manufacturing capability. From its initial Covid case reported on March 5, 2020, the country quickl ...
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Africa’s vaccine manufacturing ambitions get a boost with new partnerships
One of the partnerships involves technology transfer between two African companies to develop new mRNA vaccines to address ...
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South Africa Temporarily Halts Use of AstraZeneca Vaccine
South Africa’s Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said Sunday that his country would temporarily halt the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine that was due to be rolled out later this month.
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Covid-19 in South Africa: Scientists seek to understand new variant
There are concerns that the new Covid-19 variant in South Africa could "weaken the impact" of vaccines Scientists in South Africa say there is a "reasonable concern" that the new variant of Covid ...
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Moderna's HIV vaccine prepped for trials in Africa
IAVI (the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative) has started screening subjects to be included in the study, called IAVI G003, at centres in Rwanda and South Africa, said the biotech. Moderna's ...
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Why Kenya still lags behind South Africa in vaccine research
KEMRI Lab scientist Dr. Samson Limbaso works on coronavirus samples obtained from the public at the Sample Management and Reception facility in Nairobi on March 24, 2020. [Stafford Ondego ...